Author: Maya Lin

Quotes

All my work is much more peaceful than I am.

All my work is much more peaceful than I am.

- Maya Lin

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.

- Maya Lin

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

- Maya Lin

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.

- Maya Lin

When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.

When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.

- Maya Lin

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

- Maya Lin

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.

- Maya Lin

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

It's funny, as you live through something you're not aware of it.

- Maya Lin

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.

You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.

- Maya Lin

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